title: William R. Hutton Papers

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content: Hutton, William R., 1826-1901

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content: France

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content: Maryland

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content: Chesapeake and Ohio Canal

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content: Panama Canal (Panama)

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content: New Jersey

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content: New York (N.Y.)

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content: Hudson River

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content: Baltimore (Md.)

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content: Georgetown (Washington, D.C.)

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content: New York

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content: Washington Bridge

indexedContent: Washington Bridge

content: New Croton Aqueduct

indexedContent: New Croton Aqueduct

content: Kanawha River Canal

indexedContent: Kanawha River Canal

content: Washington Aqueduct

indexedContent: Washington Aqueduct

content: Potomac River -- 19th century

indexedContent: Potomac River

content: Washington Memorial Bridge

indexedContent: Washington Memorial Bridge

content: Hudson River Tunnel

indexedContent: Hudson River Tunnel

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content: Dams

indexedContent: Dams

content: Hydraulic engineering

indexedContent: Hydraulic engineering

content: Canals

indexedContent: Canals

content: Underwater tunnels

indexedContent: Underwater tunnels

content: Railroad bridges

indexedContent: Railroad bridges

content: Railroad construction

indexedContent: Railroad construction

content: Water-supply

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content: Construction workers

indexedContent: Construction workers

content: Construction equipment

indexedContent: Construction equipment

content: Concrete construction

indexedContent: Concrete construction

content: Concrete

indexedContent: Concrete

content: Coal -- Transportation

indexedContent: Coal

content: Civil engineers

indexedContent: Civil engineers

content: Civil engineering

indexedContent: Civil engineering

content: Canals -- Panama

content: Canals -- Washington (D.C.)

content: Canals -- Maryland

content: Canals -- Design and construction

content: Bridges -- United States

indexedContent: Bridges

content: Waterworks

indexedContent: Waterworks

content: Tunnels

indexedContent: Tunnels

content: Tunnels -- New York (N.Y.)

content: Construction -- Washington (D.C.)

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content: Underground construction

indexedContent: Underground construction

content: Locks and dams

indexedContent: Locks and dams

content: Shipping

indexedContent: Shipping

content: Iron and steel bridges

indexedContent: Iron and steel bridges

content: Sewage disposal

indexedContent: Sewage disposal

content: Railroads -- Maryland

indexedContent: Railroads

content: Railroads -- 19th century

content: Railroad engineering

indexedContent: Railroad engineering

content: Railroad companies

content: Aqueducts

content: Arch bridges

content: Architects -- 19th century

content: Books

content: Bridges -- New York (N.Y.)

content: Bridges -- Design and construction

content: Bridge construction industry -- United States

content: Engineering notebooks

content: Docks

content: Domestic and family life

content: Architecture -- United States

content: Architecture -- Washington (D.C.)

content: Harlem River Bridge

content: Western Maryland Railroad

content: Annapolis Waterworks

content: Steam engineering

content: Harlem River Bridge Commission

content: Washington (D.C.) -- 19th century

content: Reservoirs

content: Patents

content: The collection was donated by Mr. and Mrs. James J. Madine, a relative of Hutton's and last owners of the Woodlands estate; the Department of Forests and Parks, Maryland; Louis Fischer; and Mr. and Mrs. Mayo S. Stuntz, 1965-1966, 1974.

content: Hutton, William R., 1826-1901

content: William R. Hutton Papers

content: The papers document the life and work of William R. Hutton, a civil engineer during the late 1800s to the early 1900s.  Materials include diaries, notebooks, correspondence, letterpress copy book, printed materials, publications, specifications, photographs, drawings, and maps that document the construction of several architectural and engineering projects during this period. Most notable are the records containing information related to the construction of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, Hudson River Tunnel, the Washington Aqueduct, the Kanawha River Canal, and the Washington/Harlem River Bridge. There are also several records about railroads in the state of Maryland, the District of Columbia and elsewhere, including the Western Maryland Railroad, Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, Colorado Midlands Railway, Baltimore and Drum Point Railroad, the Northern Adirondack Railroad, and the Pittsfield and Williamstown Railroad. The records can be used to track the progression of these projects, and engineering innovation during the late 1800s to the early 1900s.

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Not much is known about the history of William Rich Hutton outside of his role in architectural and engineering projects of the late 1800s and early 1900s. In many cases, he is spoken of only in reference to his projects, and the short biographies that have been written read more like a resume than a life story. Because of this lack of information, this note will focus on Hutton's professional accomplishments, but will attempt to make some comments on his personal life.

William Rich Hutton was born on March 21, 1826 in Washington, D.C., the eldest son of James Hutton (died 1843) and his wife, the former Salome Rich (1). He was educated at the Western Academy (Washington, D.C.) from 1837-1840 under George J. Abbot and then at Benjamin Hallowell's School in Alexandria, Virginia, where he received special training in mathematics, drawing, and surveying (2). Hutton began his professional career in California when he, along with his younger brother James, accompanied their uncle William Rich to work for the United States Army. His uncle was a paymaster for the army and Hutton became his clerk. They traveled around the new state paying the various platoons stationed there, but Hutton also occupied his time by drawing the landscapes and structures he saw in the settlements of Los Angeles, San Francisco, La Paz, Mazatlan, Santa Barbara, Monterey, San Pedro, San Diego, and Cape San Lucas (3). These drawings are now held by the Huntington Library in San Marino, California. Hutton held the position of clerk until the spring of 1849, and in July of that year he began working with Lieutenant Edward O.C. Ord and completed the first survey of Los Angeles and its surrounding pueblo lands and islands. Hutton continued surveying in California from 1850-1851. He was hired by William G. Dana to survey the Nipomo Ranch in San Luis Obispo County and also surveyed the ranches Santa Manuela and Huer-Huero, both owned by Francis Z. Branch. After his employment with Dana, he became the county surveyor for San Luis Obispo County, where he prepared the first survey and map of the region. He also continued to survey ranches for Captain John Wilson during this time. In August 1851, he resigned from his position as county surveyor and moved to Monterey where he worked as an assistant to Captain (later General) Henry W. Hallack, superintendent of the New Almaden Quicksilver Mine in Santa Clara County (4). He remained in this position until March, 1853 when he returned to Washington, D.C. by way of Mexico (5).

Hutton began his career as a civil engineer in Washington, D.C. He was first assigned to the position of assistant engineer on a survey of the projected Metropolitan Railroad in 1853, which was chartered to connect Washington, D.C. with the mainline of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. In 1855 he began his professional relationship with Montgomery C. Meigs when he was appointed to the position of assistant engineer on the Washington Aqueduct. He also served as division engineer on this project until construction was shut down in 1861 because of the outbreak of the Civil War. Fortunately for Hutton, the construction on the Aqueduct was resumed in 1862, and when Congress transferred the supervision of the aqueduct project from the War Department to the Department of the Interior, Hutton was made chief engineer. By the end of the Civil War, Hutton's reputation as a civil engineer was established (6).

During this decade Hutton also served as the chief engineer for the Annapolis Water Works (1866) and as chief engineer for one of his most famous projects, the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal (1869-1871). Although some historians minimize Hutton as just one of many engineers to work on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, he did make one major contribution to its construction: the Georgetown Canal Incline. Perhaps the final effort of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal company to compete with the emerging and fast expanding railroad, the Georgetown Incline was designed to allow canal boats to travel through the canal with low water levels and to alleviate canal congestion. Unfortunately, by the time the incline was completed use of the canal had decreased so significantly that it was no longer needed to help control traffic (7). Despite this, Hutton continued to work as a consulting engineer for the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company until 1881, when he was let go because of the dwindling fortunes of the company (7).

In the 1870s and 1880s Hutton was busy with several engineering projects. During 1871-1873, he was the chief engineer in the completion of the Western Maryland Railroad to Hagerstown and Williamsport (9). He also practiced as an architect with his brother, the prominent Baltimore architect Nathanial Henry Hutton, during the years 1873-1880. He relocated to New York in 1880, serving as chief engineer for the Washington Bridge in 1888 and 1889 and the Hudson River Tunnel from 1889 to 1891. In 1886, he became the consulting engineer for the New Croton Aqueduct and served in the same position for the Colorado Midland Railway between the years of 1886-1889 (10).

As his personal and professional correspondence shows, Hutton continued to work on various engineering and architectural projects until his death on December 11, 1901. In addition to these projects, he also invented the innovative system of locks and moveable dams used in the Kanawha River Canal. He was awarded the Diplome d'Honneur for this featat the Paris Exposition in 1878 (11). His correspondence also demonstrates how Hutton was respected within his professional community. These letters refer to the accuracy of his work, his willingness to help other colleagues and supply them with reference materials and information, and, in addition to all this, his politeness. It seems that these qualities defined not only his personality but also his ideology. In one of the cashbooks in the collection, dated 1899, a hand written note contains a religious parable of "The Straw." The phrase in this parable that speaks most to Hutton's work ethic, and to the spirit of inventors everywhere, is this: "Even so however lowly may be the act, however little opportunities we may have of assisting others, we may still do something. Let us beg to fulfil our duty in this regards by making ourselves useful to others by some little act of thoughtful charity..." (12). Hutton, in his dedication to civil engineering, seems to have lived up to this virtue, and in his work he changed the landscape of Washington, D.C. and New York.

The Fairy Godfather: Hutton's Personal History

His professional records reveal a man who was fiercely dedicated to his work. His obituary references his professional life more than his personal life (13). Despite his reputation in the professional engineering community, his personal records demonstrate that Hutton was also dedicated to his family and children. In 1855, he married Montgomery County native Mary Augusta Clopper (died 1915). Together they lived on her family's estate known as the Woodlands, and had five children: Frank C. Hutton, Mary Hutton, Elizabeth Hutton (later Caulfield), Rosa Hutton, and Annie Salome Hutton (14). It is at this estate that Hutton died and was buried. The personal letters to his wife found in the Woodlands Collection held at the Montgomery County Historical Society show a man in love and willing to take time from his work to write to his wife. His letters to his children show a similar interest and compassion. In the many letters found in this collection from his daughter Elizabeth (Bessie) one can see a father who is interested in not only his daughter's activities abroad, but also in her opinion. This interest also extends to his son Frank Hutton, as their correspondence shows Hutton offering his son advice on his own engineering projects.

Hutton also served as executor to many of his extended family's estates. Many letters show the conflicts that Hutton had to mediate and the dependence of his cousins on him for advice and money. Although his family was wealthy (his cousin was Benjamin H. Hutton whose daughters married into the court of Napoleon III), they were volatile, and his records seem to indicate that he served as a mediator for many of their disputes. In addition to this, as his nickname of Fairy Godfather suggests, Hutton was always willing to lend his family either financial or moral support when needed. Unfortunately, little other documentation concerning Hutton's personal life exists outside of this collection and the one held at the Montgomery County Historical Society.

References:

1. Waters, Willard O., "Introduction," California 1847-1852 (San Marino: The Huntington Library, 1942).

2. Waters, Willard O., "Memoir," Glances at California 1847-1853 (San Marino: The Huntington Library, 1942): ix.

3. Waters, Willard O., "Introduction," California 1847-1852 (San Marino: The Huntington Library, 1942). and Waters, Willard O., "Memoir," Glances at California 1847-1853 (San Marino: The Huntington Library, 1942): x-xi.

4. Waters, Willard O., "Introduction," California 1847-1852 (San Marino: The Huntington Library, 1942).

5. Waters, Willard O., "Memoir," Glances at California 1847-1853 (San Marino: The Huntington Library, 1942): xvii.

6. Waters, Willard O., "Memoir," Glances at California 1847-1853 (San Marino: The Huntington Library, 1942): xvii-xviii.

7. Skramstad, Harold, "The Georgetown Canal Incline," Technology and Culture, Vol. 10, no. 4 (Oct. 1969): 555.

8. Business Correspondence, Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, 22 February 1881, William R. Hutton Papers, 1830-1965, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, box number 27, folder number 29.

9. "William Rich Hutton," The Club: A Journal of Club Life for Men and Women,(July 1894):37

10. Ibid.

11. Monzione, Joseph, "William R. Hutton," A.P.W.A. Reporter (Sept. 1977): 7.

12. Cashbook, 1899, William R. Hutton Papers, 1830-1965, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, box number 23, folder number 5.

13. The Woodlands Collection, Montgomery County Historical Society.

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The William R. Hutton papers were initially deposited at the Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering, now known as the Division of Work and Industry, National Museum of American History in June and September, 1965 and January, April, and May, 1966 and March 1974. They were acquired from four donor sources: Mr. and Mrs. James J. Madine, a relative of Hutton's and last owners of the Woodlands estate, the Department of Forests and Parks, Maryland, Louis Fischer, and Mr. and Mrs. Mayo S. Stuntz. The condition of the papers upon acquisition is noted in the source file. Papers from the Woodlands estate were said to have been located "all over the floor in complete disarray" accounting for the often damaged condition of many of the records. There was also some doubt expressed about the legitimacy of Fischer's ownership of the papers, as the Woodlands estate was missing both doors and window frames and was therefore not secure. Parts of the collection may have also been auctioned off (possibly by the Madines) prior to their donation.

Papers relating to the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, Woodlands, Guard Lock and Aqueduct at Seneca, Baltimore and Ohio Railroad were donated to the Montgomery County Historical Society in May, 1965.

Correspondence, drawings, and a proposal for a screw steam canal boat were loaned to the U.S. National Park Service in May 1970.

The collection was transferred to the Archives Center from Division of Work and Industry, 2006.

content: Collection descriptions

content: Archival materials

content: Photographs

content: Letterpress copybooks

content: Blueprints

content: Diaries

content: Drawings

content: Cashbooks

content: Business records

content: Business letters

content: Notebooks

content: Topographic maps

content: Tax records

content: Technical drawings

content: Stock certificates

content: Technical literature

content: Photoengravings

content: Notes

content: Maps

content: Microfilms

content: Linen tracings

content: Letter books

content: Letters

content: Land titles

content: Legal documents

content: Sketches

content: Salted paper prints

content: Reports

content: Receipts

content: Plans (drawings)

content: Photostats

content: Photographic prints

content: Architectural drawings

content: Administrative records

content: Albumen prints

content: Albums

content: Annual reports

content: Booklets

content: Account books

content: Books

content: Family papers

content: Financial records

content: Cyanotypes

content: Correspondence

content: Deeds

content: Printed material

content: Contracts

content: Photograph albums

content: Specifications

content: Christmas cards

content: Menus

content: William R. Hutton Papers, dates, Archives Center, National Museum of American History

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The collection is arranged into ten series.

Series 1: Letterpress Copybooks, 1858-1901

Series 2: Professional Correspondence, 1861-1901

Subseries 2.1: Project Correspondence, 1876-1899

Subseries 2.2: General Correspondence, 1861-1901

Series 3: Personal Correspondence, 1850-1942

Series 4: Personal Materials, 1835-1946

Subseries 4.1: Financial Records, 1876-1901

Subseries 4.2: Estate and Real Estate Records, 1835-1921

Subseries 4.3: Other Huttons, 1874-1936

Subseries 4.4: Personal Materials, 1878-1946

Series 5: Diaries, 1866-1901

Series 6: Notebooks, 1860-1900

Subseries 6.1: Engineering and Survey Field Notes, 1860-1899

Subseries 6.2: Notebooks, 1871-1886

Subseries 6.3: Notes, 1863-1900

Series 7: Cashbooks, 1856-1899

Series 8: Professional Projects, 1830-1965

Subseries 8.1: Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, 1828-1965

Subseries 8.2: Hudson River Tunnel, 1887-1901

Subseries 8.3: Harlem River Bridge, 1878-1892

Subseries 8.4: Other Projects, 1858-1932

Subseries 8.5: Identified Project Files, 1872-1900

Subseries 8.6: Specifications, 1870-1900

Subseries 8.7: Legal Documents, 1886

Subseries 8.8: Professional Organizations, 1870-1902

Series 9: Printed Materials, 1826-1913

Subseries 9.1: Printed Materials by Hutton, 1852-1900

Subseries 9.2: Printed Materials by Others, 1826-1913

Subseries 9.3: Newspaper, Journals, and Magazine Clippings, 1855-1901

Subseries 9.4: Oversized Printed Material, 1889-1892

Series 10: Drawings, 1875, 1883

content: Processed by Lindsay Osmun (intern), June-August, 2011; supervised by Alison Oswald, archivist.

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Gies, Joseph.  -- Adventure Underground -- . Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday and Company Inc., 1962.

Monzione, Joseph. "William R. Hutton."  -- A.P.W.A. Reporter --  (Sept. 1977): 6-7.

Sanderlin, Walter S. "The Great National Project: A History of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal."  -- Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science --  Series LXIV, no. 1 (1946).

Skamstad, Harold. "The Georgetown Canal Incline."  -- Technology and Culture --  Vol. 10, no. 4 (Oct. 1969): 549-560.

Ward, George Washington. "The Early Development of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Project."  -- Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science --  Series XVII, no. 9-11 (1899).

Waters, Willard O. "Introduction."  -- California 1847-1852 -- . San Marino: Huntington Library, 1942.

Waters, Willard O. "Memoirs."  -- Glances at California 1847-1853 -- . San Marino: Huntington Library, 1942: ix-xx.

'William Rich Hutton."  -- The Club: A Journal of Club Life for Men and Women --  (July 1894): 37.

William R. Hutton Papers. 1830-1965. Archives Center. National Museum of American History. Smithsonian Institution.

The Woodlands Collection. The Montgomery County Historical Society.

content: Photographs

content: Letterpress copybooks

content: Blueprints

content: Diaries

content: Drawings

content: Photographs -- 19th century

content: Cashbooks

content: Business records -- 19th century

content: Business letters

content: Notebooks

content: Topographic maps

content: Tax records

content: Technical drawings

content: Stock certificates

content: Technical literature

content: Photoengravings

content: Notes

content: Maps -- 19th century

content: Microfilms

content: Linen tracings

content: Letter books

content: Letters

content: Land titles

content: Legal documents

content: Sketches

content: Salted paper prints

content: Reports

content: Receipts

content: Plans (drawings)

content: Photostats

content: Photographic prints

content: Architectural drawings

content: Administrative records

content: Albumen prints

content: Albums

content: Annual reports

content: Booklets

content: Account books -- 19th century

content: Books -- 19th century

content: Family papers -- 18th century

content: Financial records -- 19th century

content: Diaries -- 19th century

content: Drawings -- 19th century

content: Cyanotypes

content: Correspondence -- 19th-20th century

content: Deeds

content: Printed material

content: Correspondence

content: Contracts

content: Photograph albums

content: Specifications

content: Christmas cards

content: Menus

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These papers document William R. Hutton's professional career as a civil engineer and his personal affairs. Although the personal materials in the collection provide insight into a man and a family that have been largely forgotten by biographers, it is the professional materials that are perhaps the most interesting to researchers. They provide a compelling narrative of the push to the West that occurred in 19th century America and the internal improvements movement typified by the American System plan proposed by Henry Clay. Perhaps best remembered for the high tariffs that accompanied it, the American System plan was also concerned with the advancement of internal improvements, such as canals, that would unite the East and West in communication, travel, and trade. The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal can be seen as one of the products of this movement (1) and was in fact initially heralded as the first great work of national improvement (2).

The papers in this collection that are related to the construction and maintenance of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal are an invaluable documentation of efforts during this turbulent time to unite the eastern and western United States. They provide details of the canal from its initial construction to its decline with the incline at Georgetown project. The canal also serves as an example, or perhaps a warning against, federal involvement in state improvement efforts as it was the first project to be directly funded and staffed by the federal government (3). The groundbreaking ceremony was attended by then President John Quincy Adams whose toast, "to the canal: perseverance," (4) became an ironic omen, as construction of the canal took over twenty-two years to be completed. The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal materials can be used as a case study for the problems encountered during canal building (5). These problems are best typified in the collection by the papers relating to the Georgetown incline. This project was headed by Hutton and was plagued with construction problems, boating accidents, and obsolescence from the moment of its completion. Despite these issues, the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal remains a structure of historical significance in America. As the third and last effort to construct an all-water route to the West (6), the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal is an important artifact of 19th century attitudes and efforts towards commerce, trade, travel, and communication between the eastern and western United States. Other significant canals and water structures represented in the collection are the Kanawha Canal, the Washington Aqueduct, and a large collection of materials relating to the Kingston Water Supply (New York).

One of the most significant internal improvements made during this time was the railroad. The legal conflicts that arose between the canal companies and railroads is also represented in the materials relating to the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. These materials specifically deal with the legal conflict's between the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal and the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. The development and construction of the railroads is also represented in the materials documenting the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, the Baltimore and Drum Point Railroad, the Northern Adirondack Railroad, the Western Maryland Railroad, the Mexican National Railroad, the Colorado Midlands Railroad, and the Columbia Railroad.

The collection also demonstrates the spirit of innovation and invention that was prevalent in the engineering field in the nineteenth century. Joseph Gies writes, "...one of the distinctive characteristics of the great nineteenth century engineering adventurers was their readiness to gamble on the translation of theory into practice" (7). In this quote, he is speaking of the civil engineer Dewitt Clinton Haskins and a project that truly encapsulates engineering invention in the nineteenth century, the Hudson River Tunnel. Responding to the increase in the population of the City of New York in the late nineteenth century from sixty thousand to three and a half million, the Hudson River Tunnel was originally devised as a way to alleviate traffic and to transport train passengers directly across the Hudson River (8). Beginning with records dating from 1881 to 1901, the Hutton papers can be used to document not only the advances in engineering during this time but also the costs of progress. Haskins' initial efforts to build the tunnel using submerged air pressurized caissons were marked by failure and in some cases fatalities. Workers on the tunnel often suffered from what came to be known as "caisson disease" or "the bends," caused by the immense forces of compression and decompression experienced while working in the tunnels (9). This problem was so prevalent that as construction progressed the rate of worker deaths caused by "the bends" rose to twenty-five percent (10). Materials in the collection document worker complaints and deaths resulting from this disease as well as providing a technical record of the construction of the tunnel. The highlight of the materials relating to the Hudson River Tunnel is an album that contains photographs of workers in the tunnel and a detailed daily report of the construction progress on the tunnel that was maintained by Hutton's assistant, Walton Aims. The first hand account in these reports provides insight not only into the construction of the tunnel, but also the problems encountered.

Another project featured in the Hutton collection that was devised in response to the population explosion in the City of New York in the nineteenth century is the Harlem River Bridge, or as it is now known, the Washington Bridge. Known as one of the longest steel arch bridges of its time, the Harlem River Bridge also represents that spirit of invention and innovation that was prevalent in the civil engineering field during the nineteenth century. The collection provides an invaluable resource for those wishing to track the construction of the bridge from early concept drawings and proposals to finalized plans. Also present are photographs of the construction and workers. Societal response to the bridge in the form of newspaper and magazine clippings help to create the narrative of the Washington Bridge, and these are supplemented by correspondence from the builders, suppliers, and planners.

This collection also includes diaries, 1866-1901; letterpress copybooks, 1858-1901; correspondence on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, Hudson River Tunnel, Washington Bridge over the Harlem River, and Maryland and Colorado railroads, 1861-1901, and on Hutton's financial and real estate affairs, 1835-1921; construction photographs of the Harlem River, Cairo, Poughkeepsie, Niagara bridges and the Hudson River Tunnel, Washington Aqueduct, and Capitol Dome (in the form of albumen, cyanotype, salted paper print); data and drawings; rolled land profile drawings; canal notes, 1828-1892; Hudson River Tunnel construction reports, 1889-1891; publications, drawings, and maps of railroad routes; pamphlets and reprints on hydraulic works and water supply; road, railway, bridge, and hydraulic construction specifications, 1870-1900; drawings (linen, oil cloth, and heavy drawing paper), and blueprints; account books, 1891-1899; and plans, drawings, field notebooks, and publications on American and European construction projects, especially in Maryland, New York, and France; personal correspondence detailing his role as executor for the estates of Benjamin H. Hutton, Joseph Hutton, Annie Theller, and the Countess H. De Moltke-Hvitfeldt and his relationships with his children, siblings, cousins, and colleagues, 1850-1942.

Materials are handwritten, typed, and printed.

Special note should be made that any materials dated after the year 1901 were added to the collection by another creator who is unidentified. It can be speculated that professional materials added after this date were contributed by his brother and colleague Nathanial Hutton or his son Frank Hutton. Personal materials contributed after this date may have been added by his wife, daughters, or other members of his extended family.

Series 1, Letterpress Copybooks, 1858-1901, consists of twenty seven letterpress copybooks containing correspondence between Hutton and other engineers, architects, and building suppliers.  The letterpress copybooks in this series have been arranged chronologically. The books involve a process by which ink is transferred through direct contact with the original using moisture and pressure in a copy press. The majority of the correspondence is business- related. Some letterpress copybooks are devoted to specific projects such as the Washington/Harlem River Bridge, Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, Baltimore and Drum Point Railroad, Annapolis and Elk Ridge Railroad, and the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. The letterpress copybooks provide a record of correspondence written by Hutton, which makes it distinctive from the other correspondence in the collection. Most of the other correspondence has Hutton as recipient.

The letterpress copybooks also document Hutton's various residences throughout his life and provide a glimpse into the civil engineering profession at the time by demonstrating how engineers shared ideas and comments about projects. This can be supplemented with the printed materials in the collection as many of the authors also appear in the correspondence. Other topics covered in the letterpress copybooks include business reports (specifically the report of the president and directors of the Baltimore and Drum Point Railroad), records of people and companies involved in projects, pasted in engineering sketches, engineering specifications and notes, travel expenses and estimates, construction histories and progress, legal issues with family estates, tax information, Colorado Railroad, payment certificate schedules, St. Paul Railroad, personal correspondence, title guarantees, Hudson River Tunnel, financial matters, real estate matters, insurance information, sketches and drawings, supply lists, cost estimates, the Memorial Bridge, Coffin Valve Company, engineering expenses, engineering calculations, payroll notes for Kingston Water Supply, proposals, account information, Hutton Park, reservoirs, contract drafts, French Society of Civil Engineers, inspection results (specifically Piedmont Bridge), land descriptions, damage reports, Morse Bridge, Illinois Central Railroad, North Sea Canal, moveable dams, iron works, site histories, Potomac Lock and Dock Company, Kanawha River canal (lock quantities, specifications, payroll information), Pennsylvania Canal, and bills for services.

Series 2, Professional Correspondence, 1861-1901, consists of correspondence that relates to Hutton's architectural and engineering projects. This series is further subdivided into two subseries: Project Correspondence and General Correspondence. Subseries 1, Project Correspondence, 1876-1899, correspondence is divided by project and arranged alphabetically. Subseries 2, General Correspondence, 1861-1901, is arranged chronologically. Both series contain handwritten and typed letters. Some letters are on letterpress copybook pages and are most likely copies. Some materials are in French and Spanish. Special note should be made that this series does not contain all of the professional correspondence in the collection. Some correspondence has been separated according to project and placed in Series 8, Professional Projects, 1830-1965, in order to make it easier for researchers to access materials related to those subjects.

Subseries 1, professional correspondence topics include comparisons between construction projects (specifically comparisons of the Kanawha River Canal to other canals), supply lists, location recommendations, sketches, construction plans and modifications, bills for supplies and works, leaks in the gates, cost estimates, Brooklyn Water Supply, use of lake storage (Ramapo Water Supply), water supply to states and counties, damages to water supply pipes, estimates of water quantities, responses to construction reports, legal issues related to projects, Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, and payment for services.

Subseries 2, general correspondence topics include employment opportunities, committee meetings and elections, land surveys, sketches, engineering plans and ideas, work on projects, dismissal from projects, notes on supplies, Washington Aqueduct, construction progress, land purchases, Civil War, Jones Falls, cost of water pumps, steam drills, lots divisions and prices, repairs, report of the engineering bureau, tidewater connection at Annapolis, bridge construction, construction costs, statement of vessels that entered and cleared Baltimore, technical questions from colleagues, Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, supply costs, letters of introduction, requests for reference, changes to plans and designs, survey reports, St. Andrew's lot, Canal Coal Company, publication process, American Society of Civil Engineers and its members, responses to project inquiries, Graving Dock gross revenue, job offers, specifications, trade figures, contracts, water levels, appointment dates and times, moveable dams, proposals for membership, salaries, Piedmont Coal Lands, maps, land profiles, Washington Bridge, board payments, Nicaragua Canal, Grant Coal Company, statistics, engineering notes, Hartford Bridge, water pressures, coal deposits, Colorado Coal, pipe lines, reservoirs, boat costs for canals, floods, bridges, letters of resignation, engines, Ruxton Viaduct, Colorado and Midland Railroad, Morse Bridge, share values, railroad locations, membership invitations, call for submissions, structural tests, record of accounts for room and board, appointments, water rights (Putnam County), publications, blueprints, visitation programs, cotton compresses, street trenches, pressures in dams, level tests, Portland Transportation bureau, trade information, concrete steel, Chicago drainage canal, ship canals, Augusta Cotton and Compress Company, Sooysmith case, Consolidated Gas Company, masonry, book binding, Columbia Railway Company, jetties, land grades, Chesapeake and Delaware canal, water wheels, pneumatic lock, tunnel arches, rifton power, Hutton's health, elevators, Brooklyn Bridge Terminals, girder weights, legal issues and their results, rating table for the Potomac, land profiles, transmission lines, transformers, water turbines, and water power on the Potomac River.

Correspondents for this series include the following: Captain Montgomery C. Meigs, Captain T.W. Symons, William Bryan, Ernest Flagg, John Hurd, Jake Wolfe, J.C. Saunders, J.H. Dolph, Charles J. Allen, G.H. Mendell, Virgil S. Bogue, B.A. Mounnerlyn, Edward Burr, H.G. Prout, R. William, H. Dodge, C.R. Suter, M. Mink, W.R. King, John Lyons, Alex Brown and Sons, John G. Butler, D. Condon, Bernard Carter, R.P. McCormick, D.R. Magruder, Andrew Banks, Isaac Solomon, C.J. Mayer, C.W. Kern, John Herring, James S. Mackie, D.R. Magunde, D. Rittaguide, R.S. Stevens, J.L. Raudolph (Baltimore and Ohio Railroad), J.M. Lane, W.D. Stuart, W.G.P. Palmer (Committee Church of the Ascension), C. Crozet, General W. Hughes, V.R. Maus, J.M. Hood (Western Maryland Railroad Company), Ernest Pontzen, M. Haus, William F. Craighill, Harry Hutton, John W. Pearce, Reverend James A. Harrald, William Watson, A.L. Rives, Thomas Monro, A.F. Croswan (Commander United States Navy), H.R. Garden, William McAlpine, James Forrest, Wm. Bloomsfield, Daniel Ammen, Linel Wells, A. and Otto Sibeth, Alfred Noble, Clemens Hershel, Sidney Warner, E.H. de Rheville, Theodore Cooper, William Findlay Shunk, Lewis S. Wolfe, Rufus Mead, Theodore F. Taylor, John Bogart, J. Whaler, B. Williamson, Colonel F.V. Greene, Robert H. Sayre (Lehigh Valley Railroad Company), Charles W. Pussey, Louis Q. Rissel, V.C. Bogue, H.C. Eckenberger, Melville E.G. Leston, Edwin Parson, Rudolph Hering, R.S. Hale, F.M. Turner, Thosl Martindale, Justus C. Strawbridge, William M. Ayresm, R.L. Austin, A.M. Miller, P. Livingston Dunn, T.J. Cleaver, C.S. Dutton, H.A. Carson, William Bainbridge Jaudon, H.A. Presset, Thomas H. McCann, Russel Sturgis, H.G. Prout, Alexis H. French, John K. Cowen, F.W. Williams, J. Waldorf, B.H. Byrant, B.H. Jones, M.H. Rogers, J.W. Ogden, General W. Cashing, William Longhudge, A.J. Cameron, T.L. Patterson, J.J. Hagerman, H. Wigglesworth, Charles B. Rowland, E. Bantz, W.G. Lathrop, Clarence King, George Rowland, George A. Tibbals (Continental Iron Works), George N. Vanderbilt, Eugene C. Lewis, F.P. Burt, Colonel John C. Clarke, Lieutenant Thomas Turtle, W.S.M. Scott, E. Bates Dorsey, Bernard Carter, George M. Shriver (Baltimore and Ohio Railroad), Russel Sturgis, Macmillan Publishing, James Abernethy, B. Baker, J.G.W. Fynje, A. Mallet, Jean Hersuy, L.F. Vernon Horcourt, Robert Lilley, A.J. Johnson, F.M. Colby, Henry D. Loney, A.S. Cameron, James A. Harrald, William Watson, John B. Lervis, A.L. Rives, Edwin F. Bidell, Frank H. Stockett, E. McMahon, C.F. Elgin, Enrique Budge, G. Clayton Gardiner, Dwight Porter, William A. Chapman, T.E. Sickels, Theodore Cooper, C.J. Warner, Institution of Civil Engineers, Robert Gordon, United States Coast of Geodetic Survey Office, C.P. Pattun, J.N. Putnam, Sidney B. Warner, H.D. Fisher, Union Pacific Railway Company, Lewis S. Wolle, George E. Waring Junior, The American Exhibition, G.F. Swain, American Society of Civil Engineers, N.H. Whitten, U.S. Engineer Office, Government Works Committee, J.J. Hagerman, D. Jackson, Sterling Iron and Railway Company, E.P. Alexander, E. Williamson, Central Railway Company of New Jersey, William A. Underwood, F. Collingwood, James Dun (Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad Company), Henry F. Kilburn, Louis A. Bissell, Virgil G. Boque, H.C. Eckenberger, Melville Egleston, Charles Parson, George Swain, Continental Iron Works, Rudolph Hering, J.B. Gordon, Mayor's Office (Baltimore), Harry Robinson, Pennsylvania Railway Company, W.H. Gahagan, L. Luiggi, B.H. Bryant, T.J. Cleaver (Chesapeake and Delaware Canal Company), H.A. Carson, H.A. Presset (Department of the Interior, United States Geological Survey), John K. Cowen, Vernon H. Brown, J. Waldorf, B.H. Bryant, L.F. Root, P.W. White, Metropolitan Railroad Company, Charles F. Mayer (Consolidated Coal Company, Cumberland and Pennsylvania Railroad Company), J.M. Lane (Western Maryland Railroad), Dr. R.S. Stewart (Annapolis and Elk Ridge Railroad), Baltimore and Drum Point Railroad (John Lyons, John G. Butler, D. Candon, R.P. McCormick, Andrew Banks), Thomas F. Rowland, J.A. Bensel, Walton Aims, S.D. Coykendall, H.C. Rogers, John F. Ward, T.B. Jewell, H.A. Pressey, C.S. Armstrong, J. Nennett, V.G. Bague.

Series 3, Personal Correspondence, 1850-1942, contains correspondence with immediate and extended family, specifically the heirs to the Benjamin H. Hutton and Joseph Hutton estates and Adele Gorman. Correspondence is primarily arranged chronologically, but some files have been divided based on subject or author (the Deer Park and Adele Gorman files), or by form (the Telegrams, and Cablegrams file). Special note is made of the posthumous correspondence file, which includes correspondence both relating to Hutton's death and correspondence that was written by family members after the years of his death. The series contains both hand written and typed letters. Some correspondence is in French. The correspondence demonstrates his relationship with his children specifically Elizabeth (Bessie) Hutton, and illuminates his role in his family. This series also provides details about nineteenth century upper class society and activities. Special note should be made that this folder does not contain all of the personal correspondence contained in the collection. Some correspondence has been separated according to recipient, or subject in order to make researching these recipients or subjects easier.

Series 3 correspondence topics include: estate payments, distribution of assets, funds transfers, estate lines, conflicts with tenants, sketches, lot maintenance, real estate sales, deeds, real estate sales negotiations, congratulations wishes on new babies, family illnesses, family affairs and travels, traveling directions, personal investments, invitations for social occasions, family debts, professional interests, professional and personal appointments, family issues, requests for money, sketches, advice to children (specifically Frank Hutton), life insurance, books, letters of introduction, legal issues, funeral expenses, charity donations, advertisements, minutes from professional organizations, army enlistment, deaths of friends and family, recipes, estimates of personal expenses, renovations, stock certificates (Great Northern Railway Company, New York), food, social activities, the weather, marriages, real estate and construction plans, and loan agreements.

Correspondents include the following: Frank Hutton, Thomas B. Brookes, J.L. Marcauley, C.M. Matthews, Edward J. Hancy, John M. Wilson, H.A. Carson, William H. Wiley (of John Wiley and Sons Scientific Publishers, New York), Georgina Hutton, Pierre and Jane Casson, George McNaughlin, Henrietta Hutton, Aaron Pennington Whitehead, J.B. Wheeler, B. Williamson, Robert De Forest, Elizabeth (Bessie) Hutton, Grace Beukard, J.C. Saunders, Mary Hutton, William J. Pennington, C.S. Hurd, Henry C. Cooper, Henry J. Segers, S.F. Miller, Annie Theller, Alfred Noble, Maria Burton, Joseph Hobson, E. Lennon, F. Hulberg, Charles Gordon Hutton, Edward C. Ebert, A. William Lewin, E.R. Dunn, William P. Craighill, Theodore Cooper, P.I. Chapelle, Anita McAlpine, Clarence King, Victoria Raymond, and Adele Gorman.

Series 4, Personal Materials, 1835-1946, contains documentation about Hutton's personal finances, role as executor of the Benjamin H. Hutton, Joseph Hutton, Annie Theller, and Countess H. De Moltke-Hvitfeldt estates, Mary Augusta Hutton (wife), Mary Hutton (daughter), Frank Hutton, John Caulfield (son-in-law), and B.F. and C.H. Hutton. The series has been divided into four subseries: Financial Records, 1876-1901, Estate and Real Estate Records, 1835-1921, Other Huttons, 1876-1936, and Personal Material, 1878-1946. Subseries 2, Estate and Real Estate Records, 1835-1921, contains correspondence relating to specific family estates and family members. This correspondence was separated from Series 3, Personal Correspondence, 1850-1942, to make it easier for researchers to access all records relating to the family estates. This series includes hand written, typed, and printed materials. Some materials are in French. All material dated after 1901 has been added to the collection by other creators such as Hutton's wife and children.

Subseries 1, Financial Records, 1876-1901, includes account books, account records, correspondence related to bank accounts, bank statements, financial notes, bills and proofs of payment, rent receipts, tax bills (New York, Flatbush, Montgomery County), checks, money exchanges, receipts for tax payments, real estate receipts, stock and bond certificates, loan agreements, executor accounts, rebate calculation sheet, and tax and insurance payments.

Subseries 2, Estate and Real Estate Records, 1835-1921, includes property maps and information (rent, mortgage costs, deeds), correspondence, notes on estate distribution, estate assets, value of estate and estate payments, account records, loan agreements, receipts, proof of payments, checks, financial records, legal documents, insurance documents, tax bills, auction receipts, and wills relating to the estates of Benjamin H. Hutton, Joseph Hutton, Countess H. de Moltke-Hivtfeldt, Annie Theller, and William R. Hutton. Also included are correspondence, property maps and information, and deeds and mortgages on Hutton properties.

Subseries 2, the estate and real estate records correspondence topics include: Virginia state building codes, construction costs, construction notices, purchasing offers for property, real estate prices, receipts of payments, property lines, real estate purchases and sales, real estate sales negotiations, deeds insurance estimates and costs, loan costs, property estimates, renovation costs, mortgages, property damages and repairs, property tax payments, insurance rates and payments, rent payments, telephone installation, building permits, rental agreements, reports on property condition, contracts of sale, conflicts with tenants, changes of address, deeds, distribution of estate monies, details about the Countess' illness, estate arrangements, changes of address, problems arising out of estate distribution, payment of debts, will details, selling of mortgage shares, accounts, estate settlement, money cables and transfers, dealings with lawyers, rent on Hutton Park property, legal and accounting fees, power of attorney transfer, investments, property security, land appraisals, lists of assets, legacy taxes, mortgages transfers, property management, Flatbush property, property rent and values, and physicians bills.

Correspondents include the following: A.C. Weeks, Walter I. Green, John D. Probsh, A.G. Darwin, Thomas H. McCann, Allan Farguhar, Thomas Dawson, Potter and Crandall Real Estate and Insurance Brokers, George C. Tilyou, H.D. Olephant, F. Winston, Richard E. Calbraith, Frank P. Martin, Henry DeForest, Henry C. Cooper, Metropolitan Telephone and Telegraph Company, John Ecker, C.K. Avevill, Georgina Hutton, Edward J. Hancy, Robert Graham, W.M. Bennett, Willis E. Merriman, Nathan L. Miller, Harry Hutton, Marquise de Portes (Adele Gorman), Annie Theller, Samuel L. Theller, Mrs. R. Locke, Frank Z. Adams, John Palmer (Secretary of State, New York), J.T. Cammeyer, Frank P. Martin, Florence Theller, Francis H. Seger, Henry C. Cooper, D.W.G. Cammeyer, Campbell W. Adams, Jane Casson, Elizabeth Hutton, Rene de Portes, H.G. Atkins, Grace Beukard, Aaron Pennington Muikhead, J.E. Delapalme, T.H. Powers, Egerton L. Winthrop Junior, George B. Glover, William Jay and Robert W. Candler, B. Williamson, J.E. Knaff, Cornelius C. Vermeule, S.V. Hayden, Charles G. Landon[?], H.A. Hurlbert, F.A. Black, John L. Calwalder, the Health Department of New York, A.G. Darwin, William Laue, Frederick Frelinghuysen, Charles S. Brown, Henrietta Hutton, Edward Gelon.

Subseries 3, Other Huttons, 1874-1936, includes professional drawings and proposals, checks, insurance information, correspondence, tax information, medical information, tax bills, relating to Mary Augusta Hutton (wife), Mary Hutton (daughter), Henry and Harry Hutton, Frank Hutton (son), John Caulfield (son-in-law), B.F. Hutton, and C.H. Hutton.

Subseries 4, Personal Materials, 1878-1946, contains handwritten property notes, school notes, sermons, travel documents, menus, Christmas cards, jewelry box, postal guide, typed religious materials and flyers.

Series 5, Diaries, 1866-1901, contains twenty nine diary books that document both Hutton's personal and professional life. These diaries provide not only a record of Hutton's life, but were also used by Hutton himself as a reference tool. When working on projects he would refer to notes and observations he made in his diary (as evidenced by notes made in his diaries). The first pages of the diaries often list his height, weight and clothing sizes as they varied from year to year. A researcher could probably use the cashbooks (see Series 7) and the diaries in conjunction as both detail the purchases made by Hutton. Many of the diaries also include a short record of accounts in the back. The diaries are arranged chronologically.

Topics found in the diaries include short form accounts of daily activities and appointments, records of the weather, Chesapeake and Ohio Canal project, construction progress on projects, steam pumps, sketches and calculations, extension of Washington railroads, cost of food, work supplies, travel costs, costs of goods and food, work deadlines, home renovations, visits to family, cash accounts, accounts of household duties, produce on Woodlands property, records of deaths, debts owed, account of clearing Woodlands property, church visits, Hancock and Tonoloway Aqueduct, canals, Drum Point Railroad, Montgomery C. Meigs, Washington Aqueduct, Annapolis Water Works, telegram costs, wages for Chesapeake and Ohio Canal project, William Craighill, Morris Canal, Annapolis Railroad and Canal, professional duties (inspections), Kanawha River Canal, travel schedules, professional expenses, cash received from Chesapeake and Ohio Canal project, Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, John's Dam, cathedral construction (St. Patricks?), Piedmont Bridge, Cumberland, account of farm property belonging to Major Campbell Bruns, Cunard Pier, Marquise de Portes, rent costs, Baltimore Canal, Kingston Water Supply, Croton Orange Estate, Pierre Casson, Hudson River Tunnel, Washington/Harlem River Bridge, entertainment costs, Greenwood cemetery, train schedule, notes on illness, real estate sales, Hutton Park, Benjamin H. Hutton estate and heirs, estimates, accounts of correspondence received and sent, Central Railroad, rent on Orange properties, addresses, contracts and building supplies for projects, personal finances, Joseph Hutton property on Vanderbilt Avenue, New York, amounts paid and received, medical appointments, Ramapo Water Company, drawing progress of maps and diagrams, Harbor Board (New York), property repairs, inspection and test reports, reservoirs, lists of birthdays, Boston Tunnel, family financial issues, tax payments, and prayers.

Series 6, Notebooks, 1860-1900, document the engineering and architectural projects worked on by Hutton. The series has been divided into three subseries: Subseries 1, Engineering and Survey Field Notes, 1860-1899; Subseries 2, Notebooks, 1871-1886; and Subseries 3, Notes, 1863-1900. Subseries 1, Engineering and Survey Field Notes, 1860-1899, contains sixteen field notebooks used by Hutton. Subseries 2, Notebooks, 1871-1886, contains seven notebooks. Subseries three, Notes, 1863-1900, contains four documents.

Some notebooks correspond to specific projects such as the Kanawha River Canal (lockgate and Phoenix Waterline), Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, Buffalo Reservoir, Potomac Lock and Dock Company, Northern Adirondack Railroad account, Washington Aqueduct, Little Rock Bridge, Wilson-Adam Dock, Croten Brick Works, Hutton Park, Centennial Iron Works, Cumberland Canal, Williamsport Aqueduct, Catoctin Aqueduct, Alexandria Canal, Miller's Saw Mill, Seneca Dam, Union Tunnel, Cumberland Waterworks, Victoria Bridge, Welland Canal, North Sea Canal, Ramapo Water Company, Annapolis Water Company, Antietam Aqueduct, Interoceanic Canal,  San Quentin Canal, Suez Canal, Amsterdam Canal, Harlem Bulkhead, Morris Canal, Blue Lake Canal, and Nicaragua Canal.

These notebooks should be used in conjunction with the other materials in the collection related to professional projects, as they often provide more detailed accounts of the construction and land surveys. Some of the notebooks contain entries from several different sources. The notebooks were probably shared among the engineers working on these projects. The notebooks also contain looseleaf ephemera such as hand written calculations, newspaper clippings, and blueprints. Languages found in this series are English and French.

Notebook topics include construction projects, supply needs, costs for labor, sketches (Woodland Mills, landscapes, dams, railway cars, Noland Tunnel), costs of crops, survey measurements, cost of livestock, aqueducts, inspections, canal bridges, seed prices, dams, measurements, coffer dam, canal maintenance, worker salaries, calculations, towpath sketches and measurements, shipping rates, worker accidents, water and coal used, geometrical sketches (Washington Aqueduct), locks, damage reports, interactions with other engineers (William Reading), coal shipments on the canal, travel expenses, land survey notes, drafts for correspondence, William Craighill, Victoria docks, lists of personal supplies used, construction time estimates, surveying expenses, telegram costs, sand pump, canal from Sherling to Tuxedo Bay, analysis of several artificial lakes and reservoirs, distances of reservoirs to main pipes, calculations for the Austin Wheel, engine construction, bridges, gauging water depth, results and observations of tests and performance, problems with construction, to-do lists, cost of land surrounding towpaths, Fawcett's Lock, Tarman's Lock, comparison of costs in transporting coal by water and by rail, inspection notes, iron work, drainages, leaks, cost of supplies, watergates, harbor ferries, railroad station distances, flood protection, Panama Canal via the Nicaraguan route, cost of jetties, water levels, pressure of steam, boilers, steam and water cycle, water depth, cement, Great Falls, Virginia, waterflow, soundings, time of floats, flow of currents, rain fall measurements, tunnel measurements, cost of trenching San Francisco water supply, record of livestock, cost of food, rates of sawing woods and mills, preliminary railroad line measurements, profile of final line, and railroad line profiles.

Series 7, Cash Books, 1856-1899, contains seven cashbooks which list prices for personal items purchased by Hutton. Topics include groceries, church dues, clothes, hygiene products, cigars, some short journal entries about his work (Williamstown), concerts, dinners, family addresses, cakes, meals, cars, stamps, office supplies (pencils and papers), valentines, glasses, gloves, fabric, medicine, needles, diapers, tobacco, shoes (adult and childrens), travel expenses, telegrams, candles, newspapers, liquor, coal oil, jewelry, allowances given to family members, bank deposits, monies paid and received, taxes, subscriptions, tailoring costs, deposits and payments into estate trusts,  and notes about payments to Benjamin H. Hutton heirs. The cashbooks also contain some personal loose leaf ephemera such as prayers, sketches, and engineering notes collected by Hutton.

Series 8, Professional Projects, 1830-1965, contains documents about engineering and architectural projects throughout Hutton's career, including information about the professional organizations and the legal issues in which he was involved. This series has been divided into eight subseries based on project, document form, and document subject. Some materials are in French and Italian.

Series 8, Professional Projects, also includes correspondence related to specific projects, primarily the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, the Hudson River Tunnel, the Washington/Harlem River Bridge, and the Georgetown Incline.

Topics include construction and repair to the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, engineering and use of Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, worker contracts, supply and labor purchases, design plans and proposals, construction and repair costs, supply notes and costs of supplies, water pressure and power, shipping materials and routes (specifically the shipping of coal), inspections and their findings, condition of canal dam and locks, water supply, drainage, sketches, board proceedings, business meetings, deeds, cost comparisons to other shipping methods, hiring processes, wages, cost estimates, Hutton's consulting fees, measurements and calculations, funding issues, worker conflicts, negotiations with municipal governments, payment schedules, bills for services, air pressure in Hudson River Tunnel, permission for construction, specifications, mortality rate among workers on the Hudson River Tunnel, construction reports, outlet incline, proposals for construction, letters of introduction, railroad versus water for trade, controversy with Tiersey, construction contracts, construction schedules, construction issues, construction progress, construction damage, basis for estimates, supply requests, internal politics, changes to construction plans, contract and price adjustments, issues with suppliers, construction delays, work permits, bills, worker issues, engineering notes, construction excavations, expenses, construction instructions, Union Bridge Company, lighting installations, construction processes, hiring practices, electrical conductors, water proofing, hydraulics, cement, concrete, payment of contributors, processes of approval for construction, meeting dates of the Harlem River Bridge Commission, and contract restrictions.

Correspondents include the following: W.W.M. Kaig, Henry Dodge, E. Mulvany, John Shay, James Clarke, H.D. Whitcomb, Horace Benton, J. Rellan, J.R. Maus, W.E. Merrill, A.P. Gorman, J.H. Staats, Vernon H. Brown, Charles H. Fisher (New York Central and Hudson River Railway Company), B. Baker, John Fowler, Benjamin and John Dos Passos, Charles B. Colby, Charles B. Brush, S. Pearson, Stanford White, Horace E. Golding, R.H. Smith, Daniel Lord, A. Fteley, Herbert Hinds, J.R. Bartlett, D.M. Hirsch, M.H. Bartholomew, Thomas O. Driscoll, W.E. Porter, Thomas F. Rowland, George Edward Harding, R.H. Dames, William Watson, James B. Eads, J.D. Bright, H. Aston, Charles Suley, A.M. Maynard, W.R. Henton, G. Geddes, H.P. Gilbut, Malcolm W. Niver (Secretary of the Harlem River Bridge Commission), J.D. Patterson, George Devin (Assistant Engineer Washington/ Harlem River Bridge), J.B. Wheeler, John Bogart, Charles Burns, J. McClellon, Rob Bassee, B. Williamson, Theodore Cooper, Lewis Cass Ledyard, R.M. Hunt, John Cooper, Henry Wilson, A.A. Caille, Myles Tierney, W. Pentzen, L.B. Cantfield, George Q. Grumstaid Junior, M.J. Funton, George Pierce, W.O. Fayerweather, Noah S. Belthen, Herbert Steward, W.M. Habirsham.
Subseries 1, Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, 1828-1965, consists of plans, blueprints, land profiles, drawings, boat rates, contract forms, order forms, descriptions of the canal, design information, engineering data, sketches, cost estimates, land titles, microfilm, business papers, supply bills, patent bills, news clippings, reports, specifications, stockholder's reports, receipts, water leases, printed materials, and correspondence.

The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal project was started in 1828 and completed twenty two years later in 1850. The canal's main objective was to connect Georgetown to the coal banks above Cumberland, Maryland, providing a short and cheap trade route between the eastern and western United States. It was also hoped that the canal would provide greater communication and travel between these two regions. Plagued by natural disasters, and construction setbacks, the canal was never completed in time to be useful and became obsolete shortly after its completion. Canal trade was eventually put out of business by the increase of railroads. Although it was an important development in engineering at its inception, the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal is no longer in use and has become what locals affectionately refer to as "the old ditch." The canal was designated a National Historical Park in 1971 and consists of 184.5 miles of hiking and biking trails.

Subseries 2, Hudson River Tunnel, 1887-1901, consists of agreements for construction, certificates, contracts, and cost estimates, construction reports, engineering notebooks, engineering notes, sketches, land profiles, maps, progress profiles, plans, proposals, printed material, statements of expenses, and correspondence.

The Hudson River Tunnel project was started in 1874, and the final tubes were opened in 1910 after several construction setbacks. The tunnel connects Weehawken, New Jersey and Pennsylvania Station in Manhattan, New York City. Today the Hudson River Tunnel, known as the North River Tunnels is used by Amtrak's Northeast Corridor and New Jersey Transit rail lines.

Subseries 3, Harlem River Bridge, 1878-1982, consists of blueprints, printed materials, photographs, engineer's estimates, schedules, costs, reports, proposals, contracts, specifications, and correspondence.

The Harlem River Bridge project was started in 1885 and was completed in 1889. It spans the Harlem River in New York City, New York and connects the Washington Heights section of Manhattan with the Bronx. It was later named and is still known as the Washington Bridge and has been adapted over time to carry highway traffic. These adaptations have allowed the bridge to remain in use today.

Subseries 4, Other Projects, 1858-1832, consists of drawings, maps, blueprints, plans, proposals, cost estimates, bills, correspondence, sketches, land profiles, dimensions, engineering notes, account records, photostats, supply lists, calculations, legal documents, surveys, inspection reports, financial data, and measurements on architectural and engineering projects. Highlights of this subseries include: Western Maryland Railroad, Washington Aqueduct, Panama Canal, Ramapo Water Company, Piedmont Bridge, Northern Adirondack Railroad, Columbia Railroad, Morris Canal, Pittsfield and Williamstown Railroad, Suez Canal, St. Gothard Canal, Tansa Dam, Colorado Midland Railroad Company, Memorial Bridge, Mersey Tunnel, Little Rock Bridge, Kingston Water Supply, Kanawha River Canal, Florida Ship Canal, East Jersey Water Company, Consolidated Coal Company, Dismal Swamp Canal, Boston and Baltimore Tunnels, St. Patrick's Cathedral, Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, Annapolis Water Company, Baltimore and Drum Point Railroad Company, and the Baltimore Beltline.

Subseries 5, Unidentified Project Files, 1872-1900, consists of bills of sale, engineering forms and regulations, cement test results and methods, census bulletin, contracts, cost estimates, correspondence, notes on publications, engineering data and notes, drawings, surveys, sketches, payrolls, photographs, and reports.

Subseries 6, Specifications, 1870-1900, consists of documents related to some of Hutton's projects, including specifications for bridges, reservoirs, canals, viaducts, docks, buildings, water works, and tunnels.  Some specifications are more general, and some are blank proposal/specification forms. There are also proposals for estimates and a "call" or advertisement to contractors to bid on certain projects.  Many of the specifications deal with projects in New York State, but projects in Pennsylvania, the City of Baltimore, and Europe are represented.  The materials are arranged alphabetically by project name. There is one folder of documentation for the Potomac River Bridge (Arlington Memorial Bridge) in Washington, D.C. The Arlington Memorial Bridge was part of the 1901 McMillan Commission's plan for restoring Pierre (Peter) Charles L'Enfant's original plan for the capital. Two decades passed before construction was initiated by the architectural firm McKim, Mead, and White. The documentation for the Memorial Bridge consists of calculations and monetary figures for materials such as granite.

Subseries 7, Legal Documents, 1886, contains documents related to a patent infringement suit for moveable dams involving Alfred Pasqueau vs. the United States. This file contains both a printed version of the case and a handwritten statement from Hutton.

Subseries 8, Professional Organizations, 1870-1902, contains documents related to professional organizations where Hutton held membership. Specific organizations represented are American Institute of Architects, American Society of Civil Engineers, Institution of Civil Engineers, Boston Society of Civil Engineers, Societe des Ingenieurs Civils de France, Librarie Polytechnique, American Agency of "Engineering" in London, Imperial Institute, League of Associated Engineers, Railroad Corporation, American Institute of Mining Engineers, and the Century Association. Material in the subseries includes correspondence, candidates for membership, membership payments, membership lists, meeting minutes, schedule of terms, professional practices, charges, articles of association, invitations for membership, and election notes. Some materials are in French.

Series 9, Printed Materials, 1850-1913, contains a variety of printed materials relating to engineering and architectural projects written by Hutton and fellow engineers. This series can be used to examine not only professional developments of the period and responses to those developments, but also to track how ideas were transferred between engineers across countries and continents. This series should be used in conjunction with the professional correspondence found in this collection, as many of the authors also appear there. Some materials are in French, German, Spanish, and Italian.

Subseries 1, Printed Materials by Hutton, 1852-1900, includes printed papers on the Missouri flood wave, the Ravine du Sud, the Potomac waterfront, the Colorado midlands, and the application of water supply machinery.

Subseries 2, Printed Materials by Others, 1826-1913, includes printed materials on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canals, Tehuantec Ship Railway, Interoceanic canals and railways, jetties, Nicaragua Canal, uses of cements, mortars, concretes, steam power, harbors, Niagara Falls, Kanawha River canal, Mississippi River, Hudson River Bridge, sewage disposal, Washington Aqueduct, specifications, construction progress reports, hydraulic experiments, water supply, drainage, road surfacing, sea walls, water-cooling apparatus, pollution reports, bridges, pipes, channels, reservoirs, irrigation, water power, and sewers.

Subseries 2 contains an issue of The North American Review in which Hutton has specifically highlighted an article entitled, "The Inter-Oceanic Canal." Please see the container list for names of authors.

Subseries 3, Printed Materials with No Author, 1852-1903, includes printed materials on harbor reports, Annapolis Water Company, Ramapo Water Company, water departments and boards, maps, engineer's reports, sea walls, preservation of structures, annual reports, Coal and Iron Railway Company, sewers, Baltimore and Drum Point Railroad, contract specifications, proposals, social club life, Croton Water Supply, law suits, water supplies, moveable dams, reservoirs, East River Bridge, Eastern Canal, water filtration, Kingston New Water Supply, water pipes, locks, docks, contracts, construction reports, Croton Water Supply, and surveys. Also included are issues of journals such as Le Correspondant, Circular of the Office of Chief Engineers, The Club, VIII Congres International de Navigation, Journal of the Association of Engineering Studies, and Journal of the Franklin Institute.

Subseries 4, Newspaper, Journals and Magazine Clippings, 1873-1900, contains clippings from a variety of newspapers such as Scientific American, andRailroad Gazette. Subjects included are the Union Tunnel opening in Baltimore, Drum Point Railroad, railroad company conflicts, Washington/Harlem River Bridge, Metropolitan Railroad, Western Maryland Railroad, crop prospects, lumber trade, North Avenue Bridge, Nicaraguan Canal, harbors, river improvements, reactions to engineering projects, Belt tunnel, city transit, Washington, D.C. flood in 1880, tunnel shields, Springfield Bridge, railroad patents, Panama Canal, jetties, Hudson Tunnel, steel boilers, composition and use of cement, and the Brooklyn Bridge.

Subseries 5, Oversized Printed Materials, 1889-1892, contains large printed materials related to the Washington Aqueduct, General Post Office Building, subway arches, cornices, Warwick's Castle, Neuschwanstein Castle, Renaissance paintings, botanical drawings, school buildings, church architecture, the Hospital for the Insane of the Army and Navy and the District of Columbia, the Panama Canal, Morningside Park, and the Mississippi Jetties. Also includes engravings of Hutton, T.N. Talfound, and F. Jeffrey and photographs of Montgomery C. Meigs, and Hutton. Some materials are in German and French.

References:

1. Ward, George Washington, "The Early Development of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Project," Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science Series XVII, no. 9-11 (1899): 8.

2. Ibid., 88.

3. Ibid., 55.

4. Ibid., 90.

5. Sanderlin, Walter S., "The Great National Project: A History of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal," Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science Series LXIV, no. 1 (1946): 21.

6. Ibid., 282.

7. Gies, Joseph, Adventure Underground (Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday and Company Inc., 1962): 134.

8. Ibid., 131-132.

9. Ibid., 135-136.

10. Ibid., 145.

content:
Materials in the Archives Center

The Montgomery C. Meigs Papers, 1870-1890, (AC0987). Contains materials relating to the construction of the Washington Aqueduct including a book of drawings illustrating reservoirs, tunnels, culverts, and other structural elements, a Government Senate Document relating to construction progress, scrapbooks created by Meigs that include newspaper clippings about the Washington Aqueduct project, water supply, engineering projects, building construction, architecture and other subjects. Collection is currently unprocessed, but is available for research.

Materials in Other Organizations:

The William Rich Hutton Papers, 1840-1961, are located at the Huntington Library in California (see http://catalog.huntington.org).

The collection contains 95 drawings, 13 letters, and 39 facsimile copies of letters and manuscripts. The illustrative material includes both watercolor and pencil drawings of California (including Los Angeles, Monterey, San Francisco, the New Almaden Quicksilver Mine, and the California missions), Baja California, Mexico, and Peru. There are also five pieces in the collection related to the author María Amparo Ruiz de Burton. In 1942, the Huntington Library published Glances at California 1847--853: Diaries and Letters of William Rich Hutton, Surveyor and California 1847--852: Drawings by William Rich Hutton.

The Hutton family papers are located at the Montgomery County Historical Society, Sween Library (see http://www.montgomeryhistory.org/sites/default/files/Family_Files.pdf).

The collection contains account books from the Woodlands estate, recipe books, livestock records, records of Mary Augusta Hutton (wife), Mary and Rose Hutton (daughters), newspaper clippings (including his obituary), correspondence, record books, deeds, bills and receipts, engineering papers, religious momentos (funeral service cards), and insurance papers.

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title: Russells, Nipsey, Juvenile Jury

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content: Adderley, Cannonball

indexedContent: Adderley, Cannonball

content: Adderly, Nat, 1931-2000

indexedContent: Adderly, Nat

content: Horn, Shirley, 1934-

indexedContent: Horn, Shirley, 1934-

label: Collection Donor

content: Levy, Devra Hall

indexedContent: Levy, Devra Hall

label: Collection Creator

content: Levy, John, 1912-2012

indexedContent: Levy, John

label: Collection Vocalist

content: Lincoln, Abbey, 1930 -

indexedContent: Lincoln, Abbey, 1930 -

content: Mbulu, Letta

indexedContent: Mbulu, Letta

content: Montgomery, Wes, 1925-1968

indexedContent: Montgomery, Wes

label: Collection Singer

content: Wilson, Nancy, 1937-

indexedContent: Wilson, Nancy, 1937-

label: See more items in

content: John and Devra Hall Levy Collection

indexedContent: John and Devra Hall Levy Collection

content: John and Devra Hall Levy Collection / Series 4: Artist Files / 4.1: Artists, 1946-2001 undated

label: Extent

content: 1 Visual works (works)

label: Date

content: undated

label: Container

content: Box 75, Item OV1221.136

label: Archival Repository

label: Type

content: Archival materials

indexedContent: Archival materials

content: Moving Images

indexedContent: Moving Images

content: Visual works (works)

indexedContent: Visual works (works)

label: Collection Citation

content: John and Devra Hall Levy Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

label: Collection Rights

content: Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

label: Collection Restrictions

content: Collection is open for research.

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unittitle: John and Devra Hall Levy Collection

type: Series

unittitle: Artist Files

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unittitle: Russells, Nipsey, Juvenile Jury

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title: Russells, Nipsey, Juvenile Jury


level: file

title: Club Q: The Legendary Dance Party for Women

content: Biren, Joan E.

indexedContent: Biren, Joan E.

content: Joan E. Biren Queer Film Museum Collection / Series 1: Posters, Ephemera, and Oral History / 1.2: Ephemera

flag: datechar:creation type:inclusive

content: Box 1, Folder 25

content: Archival materials

content: Joan E. Biren Queer Film Museum Collection, 1931-2019, undated, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

content: Collection open for research on site by appointment. Unprotected photographs must be handled with gloves.

unittitle: Posters, Ephemera, and Oral History

unittitle: Ephemera

type: File


title: Vendors

content: Biren, Joan E.

content: Joan E. Biren Queer Film Museum Collection / Series 2: Film Festival Catalogues Queer Film Museum Files and Related Material

content: 2002-2004, undated

content: Box 3, Folder 20

content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History

content: Archival materials

unittitle: Vendors

title: Vendors


title: Miscellaneous telecasts

content: Du Mont, Allen B. (Allen Balcom), 1901-1965

indexedContent: Du Mont, Allen B. (Allen Balcom)

content: Allen Balcom Du Mont Collection

indexedContent: Allen Balcom Du Mont Collection

content: Allen Balcom Du Mont Collection / Series 13: Photographs

flag: datechar:creation era:ce normal:1944/1944 type:inclusive

content: Box 10 (Series 13), Folder 1c

content: Archival materials

content: Allen Balcom Du Mont Collection, 1929-1965, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

content: Collection is open for research. Gloves must be worn when handling unprotected photographs and negatives.  Special arrangements required to view materials in cold storage.  Using cold room materials requires a three hour waiting period. Only reference copies of audiovisual materials may be used. Contact the Archives Center for more information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.

unittitle: Allen Balcom Du Mont Collection

unittitle: Photographs

unittitle: Miscellaneous telecasts

title: Miscellaneous telecasts


title: 1955

content: Allen Balcom Du Mont Collection

content: Allen Balcom Du Mont Collection / Series 14: Clippings/Scrapbooks

content: Box 17 (Series 14)

indexedContent: Archives Center, National Museum of American History

content: Archival materials

unittitle: Clippings/Scrapbooks


title: World map

content: Hall, Joseph Underwood, Jr.

indexedContent: Hall, Joseph Underwood, Jr.

content: Dr. Joseph Underwood Hall, Jr. Papers

indexedContent: Dr. Joseph Underwood Hall, Jr. Papers

content: Dr. Joseph Underwood Hall, Jr. Papers / Series 2: Hall, White, and Montague Families

flag: datechar:creation era:ce type:inclusive

content: undated

content: Map-folder 1

content: Archival materials

content: Dr. Joseph Underwood Hall Jr. Papers, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution

content: Collection is open for research but is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.

unittitle: Dr. Joseph Underwood Hall, Jr. Papers

unittitle: Hall, White, and Montague Families

unittitle: World map

title: World map


title: October 1957

content: Allen Balcom Du Mont Collection

indexedContent: Allen Balcom Du Mont Collection / Series 14: Clippings/Scrapbooks

content: Box 31 (Series 14)

content: Archival materials

unittitle: October 1957

title: October 1957


title: Service Information for Du Mont Telesets (empty binder)

content: Allen Balcom Du Mont Collection

content: Allen Balcom Du Mont Collection / Series 15: Non-Du Mont Publications

content: undated

content: Box 78, Folder 2

content: Archival materials

unittitle: Non-Du Mont Publications


title: extra and miscellaneous

content: Allen Balcom Du Mont Collection

content: Box 31 (Series 14)

content: Archival materials

unittitle: extra and miscellaneous

title: extra and miscellaneous


title: Jordan, Kim

content: Brewers Association

indexedContent: Brewers Association

label: Collection Interviewer

content: Harry, John

indexedContent: Harry, John

content: Johnson, Paula, Curator

indexedContent: Johnson, Paula, Curator

content: McCulla, Theresa

indexedContent: McCulla, Theresa

content: National Museum of American History (U.S.)

content: American Beer Brewing Oral History Collection / Series 1: Born-Digital Interviews

label: Sponsor

content: These oral histories were conducted for the American Brewing History Initiative at the National Museum of American History. The Initiative was funded with support from the Brewers Association, a not-for-profit organization of small and independent American brewers.

content: 732.06 Megabytes (Total Running Time: 01:12:32, audio/wav)

content: Item NMAH-AC1595-BDA0046

content: Archival materials

content: Audio

indexedContent: Audio

content: Megabytes

indexedContent: Megabytes

content: American Beer Brewing Oral History Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History

label: Scope and Contents

content: Oral history interview with Kim Jordan, co-founder of New Belgium Brewing Company in Fort Collins, Colorado. Topics covered include Jordan's childhood in California, witnessing and participating in her parents' social and political activism; her move to Colorado for college; her decision with her then-husband, Jeff Lebesch, a homebrewer, to found New Belgium Brewing Co. in their home in 1991, to bring Belgian-style beer to American drinkers. Jordan also discusses the challenges and successes in the brewery's early years; the development of their flagship beer, Fat Tire amber ale; the centrality of bicycles and bike culture to the brewery's founding and Colorado culture; New Belgium's emphasis on environmental stewardship, fiscal transparency, and employee ownership; increasing competition among craft breweries; breweries' transition from bottling to canning; the current portfolio of beers brewed at New Belgium; and her experiences as a woman in the brewing industry.

content: Collection is open for research. Access and use of born-digital audio materials available in the Archives Center reading room or by requesting copies of materials at RightsReproductions@si.edu.

unittitle: Born-Digital Interviews

unittitle: Jordan, Kim

title: Jordan, Kim


title: Sultan, Nassim

content: Brewers Association

content: Harry, John

content: Johnson, Paula, Curator

content: McCulla, Theresa

indexedContent: National Museum of American History (U.S.)

indexedContent: American Beer Brewing Oral History Collection / Series 1: Born-Digital Interviews

content: 596.03 Megabytes (Total Running Time: 00:59:03, audio/wav)

content: Item NMAH-AC1595-BDA0067

content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History

content: Archival materials

content: Audio

content: Megabytes

content: Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

content: Oral history interview with Nassim Sultan, head brewer at Gordon Biersch Tysons in McLean, Virginia. Topics covered include Sultan's childhood in a diverse neighborhood of suburban Boston; his studies of government and public policy; and a memorable dark lager enjoyed during a trip to Peru that first drew his attention to beer and brewing. Sultan also discusses his interest in his brother's homebrewing hobby; Sultan's own start homebrewing and his outreach to professional brewers, arranging informal internships so he could learn more about brewing professionally; and landing professional brewing jobs at Lost Rhino and Gordon Biersch in Virginia. Sultan explains the history of Gordon Biersch, a brewery restaurant chain founded by Dan Gordon and Dean Biersch, known for its focus on traditional European beers. He talks about the benefits and challenges of brewing for a larger company; the need to educate customers who come for both food and beer; the nature of craft beer culture in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area; diversity in the beer industry; his enthusiasm for historical beer projects, particularly a pale ale re-creation; and potential future trends in beer.

unittitle: Sultan, Nassim

title: Sultan, Nassim


title: Print advertisements

content: Safko, Lon S.

indexedContent: Safko, Lon S.

content: Safko International, Inc. Records

indexedContent: Safko International, Inc. Records

content: Safko International, Inc. Records / Series 5: Marketing, Publicity, and Sales Records / 5.4: Promotional materials

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content: 1987 - 1995

content: Box 22, Folder 7

content: Archival materials

indexedContent: Archival materials

content: Safko International, Inc. Records, 1984-1998, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution.

content: Copyright held by the Smithsonian Institution. Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Reproduction permission from Archives Center: fees for commercial use.

content: This collection is open for research use.

unittitle: Safko International, Inc. Records

unittitle: Marketing, Publicity, and Sales Records

unittitle: Promotional materials

unittitle: Print advertisements

title: Print advertisements


title: Save Our Children

content: Segal, Mark (Mark Allan), 1951-

indexedContent: Segal, Mark (Mark Allan), 1951-

content: Mark Segal Papers

indexedContent: Mark Segal Papers

content: Mark Segal Papers / Series 3: Organizations and Associations

content: undated

content: Box 33, Folder 10

content: Archival materials

content: Mark Segal Papers, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution.

content: Reproduction of some materials is restricted due to copyright or trademark.

content: Collection is open for research.

unittitle: Mark Segal Papers

unittitle: Organizations and Associations

unittitle: Save Our Children

title: Save Our Children


title: Sexual Identity, Yarhouse, Mark A. and Lori Burkett

content: Mattachine Society of Washington

indexedContent: Mattachine Society of Washington

content: The Mattachine Society of Washington "Love in Action" Collection / Series 4: Publications

content: Box 7, Folder 2

content: Archival materials

content: The Mattachine Society of Washington "Love in Action" Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

content: Collection is open for research. Do not use original materials when available on reference video or audio tapes.

unittitle: Publications


level: subseries

title: Remotes

content: Smithsonian Institution

indexedContent: Smithsonian Institution

content: National Public Radio

indexedContent: National Public Radio

content: Reagon, Bernice Johnson, 1942-2024

indexedContent: Reagon, Bernice Johnson

content: Wade in the Water Radio Series Collection / 2.4: Reference Audio Cassette Tapes of Edited Programs, 1993

label: Identifier

content: NMAH.AC.0516, Subseries 2.9

content: Archival materials

content: Wade in the Water Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

content: Reproduction fees for commercial use. Copyright restrictions. Contact repository for information.

content: Comprise of musical selections performed by some of the most influential gospel groups including the Princely Players whose music documents the enslavement and liberation of African Americans using early singing styles, the all-female Gospel Harmonettes founded in the early 1940s, and the renown Howard University Choir established in 1968.  Services offered by the Ebenezer African Methodist Episcopal Church and First Church of Deliverance are also included.

content: Collection is open for research but is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Unrestricted research use of reference audio cassettes only. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.

unitid: Collection 2.9

unitid: Subseries 2.9

unittitle: Remotes

title: Remotes


title: Medical Licenses

content: Patricia Bath Papers

indexedContent: Patricia Bath Papers

content: Patricia Bath Papers / Series 1: Biographical Materials

content: 1968-2001, 2012, 2017, undated

content: Box 1, Folder 11

content: Archival materials

content: Patricia Bath Papers, Archives Center, National Museum of American History

content: Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

content: Collection is open for research.

unittitle: Patricia Bath Papers

unittitle: Biographical Materials

unittitle: Medical Licenses

title: Medical Licenses


title: Unsolicited References

content: Patricia Bath Papers

content: Patricia Bath Papers / Series 2: Subject Files

content: 1966-2001, undated

content: Box 20, Folder 2

content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History

content: Archival materials

content: Collection is open for research.

unittitle: Subject Files

unittitle: Unsolicited References

title: Unsolicited References


title: SIA Election

label: Collection Donor

content: Engman, David

indexedContent: Engman, David

content: Simmons, David

indexedContent: Simmons, David

label: Collection Author

content: Society for Industrial Archeology

indexedContent: Society for Industrial Archeology

content: Starbuck, David, Dr.

indexedContent: Starbuck, David, Dr.

content: Society for Industrial Archaeology Records / Series 11: Addenda / General Files

content: Box 74, Folder 16

content: Archival materials

content: Society for Industrial Archaeology Records, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

content: Collection is open for research but is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.

unittitle: Addenda

unittitle: General Files

unittitle: SIA Election

title: SIA Election


title: Annual conference, Brooklyn

content: Engman, David

content: Simmons, David

content: Society for Industrial Archeology

content: Starbuck, David, Dr.

content: Society for Industrial Archaeology Records / Series 11: Addenda / Charles K. Hyde Files

content: Box 87, Folder 5

indexedContent: Archives Center, National Museum of American History

content: Archival materials

unittitle: Charles K. Hyde Files

unittitle: Annual conference, Brooklyn

title: Annual conference, Brooklyn


title: Meeting Minutes

content: Engman, David

content: Simmons, David

content: Society for Industrial Archeology

content: Starbuck, David, Dr.

content: Society for Industrial Archaeology Records / Series 11: Addenda / Justin Spivey Files

content: Box 66, Folder 13

content: Archival materials

unittitle: Justin Spivey Files

unittitle: Meeting Minutes

title: Meeting Minutes


title: BJR [Bernice Johnson Reagon] Pentecostal, tape number two

label: Collection Creator

content: Smithsonian Institution

content: National Public Radio

content: Reagon, Bernice Johnson, 1942-2024

content: Wade in the Water Radio Series Collection / 2.4: Reference Audio Cassette Tapes of Edited Programs, 1993 / 2.6: Bernice Johnson Reagon Tracks

content: 1 Sound cassettes (DAT)

content: Box 1 (DAT), Item 14

content: Archival materials

content: Audio

indexedContent: Audio

content: Sound cassettes (dat)

indexedContent: Sound cassettes (dat)

unittitle: Bernice Johnson Reagon Tracks


title: Lucie Campbell, tape number two

content: Smithsonian Institution

content: National Public Radio

content: Reagon, Bernice Johnson, 1942-2024

indexedContent: Wade in the Water Radio Series Collection / 2.4: Reference Audio Cassette Tapes of Edited Programs, 1993 / 2.6: Bernice Johnson Reagon Tracks

content: 1 Sound cassettes (DAT)

content: undated

content: Box 1 (DAT), Item 12

content: Archival materials

content: Audio

content: Sound cassettes (dat)

unittitle: Lucie Campbell, tape number two

title: Lucie Campbell, tape number two


title: 53. Charging the Open Hearth.

content: d'Arazien, Arthur

indexedContent: d'Arazien, Arthur

content: Arthur d'Arazien Industrial Photographs

indexedContent: Arthur d'Arazien Industrial Photographs

content: Arthur d'Arazien Industrial Photographs / Series 2: Photographs / 2.4: Color Photoprints: Enlargements Mounted on Masonite

content: Archival materials

content: Arthur d'Arazien Industrial Photographs, ca. 1930-2002, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

content: Pouring hot iron into an open hearth furnace. Jones and Laughlin Steel Corp. This is a typical example of Arthur d'Arazien's technical virtuosity: the entire 1200 foot length of the open hearth was photographed, using sixty large flashbulbs and sixteen ounces of flash powder from twelve positions all electrically synchronized to fire simultaneously.

content: Collection is open for research but the majority of the collection is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.

unittitle: Arthur d'Arazien Industrial Photographs

unittitle: Photographs

unittitle: 53. Charging the Open Hearth.

title: 53. Charging the Open Hearth.


title: Sonny Rollins

label: Collection Interviewee

content: Sun Ra (1914-1993)

content: Gaskin, Leonard, 1920-

indexedContent: Gaskin, Leonard, 1920-

content: Taylor, Billy

indexedContent: Taylor, Billy

label: Collection Collector

content: Stokes, W. Royal, Dr., 1930-

indexedContent: Stokes, W. Royal, Dr., 1930-

content: Sullivan, Maxine, 1911-1987

indexedContent: Sullivan, Maxine

content: Wells, Ronnie

indexedContent: Wells, Ronnie

content: Whiting, Margaret

indexedContent: Whiting, Margaret

content: Towers, Jack

indexedContent: Towers, Jack

content: Venuti, Joe, 1903-1978

indexedContent: Venuti, Joe

content: Pullen, Don, 1941-

indexedContent: Pullen, Don, 1941-

content: Roney, Wallace

indexedContent: Roney, Wallace

content: Pizzarelli, Bucky, 1926-

indexedContent: Pizzarelli, Bucky, 1926-

content: Pizzarelli, John, 1960-

indexedContent: Pizzarelli, John, 1960-

content: Shaw, Artie, 1910-2004

indexedContent: Shaw, Artie

content: Shepp, Archie, 1937-

indexedContent: Shepp, Archie, 1937-

content: Sanders, Pharaoh

indexedContent: Sanders, Pharaoh

content: Grant, Felix, 1918-1993

indexedContent: Grant, Felix

content: Scott, Jimmy

indexedContent: Scott, Jimmy

content: McPhail, Jimmy

indexedContent: McPhail, Jimmy

content: McPartland, Marian

indexedContent: McPartland, Marian

content: McFerrin, Bobby

indexedContent: McFerrin, Bobby

content: Krall, Diana

indexedContent: Krall, Diana

content: O'Connell, Helen

indexedContent: O'Connell, Helen

content: Mulligan, Gerry

indexedContent: Mulligan, Gerry

content: Metheny, Pat

indexedContent: Metheny, Pat

content: McShann, Jay

indexedContent: McShann, Jay

content: Horn, Shirley, 1934-

indexedContent: Horn, Shirley, 1934-

content: Hinton, Milt, 1910-2000

indexedContent: Hinton, Milt

content: Hill, Andrew, 1937-

indexedContent: Hill, Andrew, 1937-

content: Hendricks, Jon, 1921-

indexedContent: Hendricks, Jon, 1921-

content: Keane, Helen

indexedContent: Keane, Helen

content: Kaminsky, Max, 1908-

indexedContent: Kaminsky, Max, 1908-

content: Jordan, Sheila, 1928-

indexedContent: Jordan, Sheila, 1928-

content: Humes, Helen, 1913-1981

indexedContent: Humes, Helen

content: Hampton, Lionel

indexedContent: Hampton, Lionel

content: Harris, Eddie, 1934-

indexedContent: Harris, Eddie, 1934-

content: Heath, Jimmy, 1926-

indexedContent: Heath, Jimmy, 1926-

content: Frishberg, Dave

indexedContent: Frishberg, Dave

content: Ennis, Ethel

indexedContent: Ennis, Ethel

content: Farmer, Art, 1928-

indexedContent: Farmer, Art, 1928-

content: Flanagan, Tommy, 1930-

indexedContent: Flanagan, Tommy, 1930-

content: Hampton, Slide

indexedContent: Hampton, Slide

content: D'Rivera, Paquito, 1948-

indexedContent: D'Rivera, Paquito, 1948-

content: Daniels, Billy

indexedContent: Daniels, Billy

content: Davison, Bill

indexedContent: Davison, Bill

content: Donegan, Dorothy, 1922-

indexedContent: Donegan, Dorothy, 1922-

content: Crouch, Stanley, 1945-2020

indexedContent: Crouch, Stanley

content: Conyers, John, 1929-

indexedContent: Conyers, John, 1929-

content: Cruz, Celia, 1924-2003

indexedContent: Cruz, Celia

content: Byard, Jaki

content: Brown, Ruth

content: Carter, Betty, 1930-

content: Byron, Don

content: Betts, Keter, 1928-

content: Bellson, Louis

content: Bowie, Lester, 1941-

content: Blakey, Art, 1919-1990

content: Allen, Steve, 1921-2000

content: Adderly, Nat, 1931-2000

content: Bailey, Benny, 1925-

content: W. Royal Stokes Collection of Music Photoprints and Interviews / Series 1: Photographs of Musicians and Ensembles / 1.1: Musicians and Ensembles

content: Box 12, Folder 2

content: Archival materials

content: W. Royal Stokes Collection of Jazz Musicians' Photographs, circa 1970-2000, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

content: Collection is open for research.

title: Sonny Rollins


title: Swailes, Ed

content: Sun Ra (1914-1993)

content: Gaskin, Leonard, 1920-

indexedContent: Gaskin, Leonard, 1920-

content: Taylor, Billy

indexedContent: Taylor, Billy

content: Stokes, W. Royal, Dr., 1930-

indexedContent: Stokes, W. Royal, Dr., 1930-

content: Sullivan, Maxine, 1911-1987

indexedContent: Sullivan, Maxine

content: Wells, Ronnie

indexedContent: Wells, Ronnie

content: Whiting, Margaret

indexedContent: Whiting, Margaret

content: Towers, Jack

indexedContent: Towers, Jack

content: Venuti, Joe, 1903-1978

indexedContent: Venuti, Joe

content: Pullen, Don, 1941-

indexedContent: Pullen, Don, 1941-

content: Roney, Wallace

indexedContent: Roney, Wallace

content: Pizzarelli, Bucky, 1926-

indexedContent: Pizzarelli, Bucky, 1926-

content: Pizzarelli, John, 1960-

indexedContent: Pizzarelli, John, 1960-

content: Shaw, Artie, 1910-2004

indexedContent: Shaw, Artie

content: Shepp, Archie, 1937-

indexedContent: Shepp, Archie, 1937-

content: Sanders, Pharaoh

indexedContent: Sanders, Pharaoh

content: Grant, Felix, 1918-1993

indexedContent: Grant, Felix

content: Scott, Jimmy

indexedContent: Scott, Jimmy

content: McPhail, Jimmy

indexedContent: McPhail, Jimmy

content: McPartland, Marian

indexedContent: McPartland, Marian

content: McFerrin, Bobby

indexedContent: McFerrin, Bobby

content: Krall, Diana

indexedContent: Krall, Diana

content: O'Connell, Helen

indexedContent: O'Connell, Helen

content: Mulligan, Gerry

indexedContent: Mulligan, Gerry

content: Metheny, Pat

indexedContent: Metheny, Pat

content: McShann, Jay

indexedContent: McShann, Jay

content: Horn, Shirley, 1934-

indexedContent: Horn, Shirley, 1934-

content: Hinton, Milt, 1910-2000

indexedContent: Hinton, Milt

content: Hill, Andrew, 1937-

indexedContent: Hill, Andrew, 1937-

content: Hendricks, Jon, 1921-

indexedContent: Hendricks, Jon, 1921-

content: Keane, Helen

indexedContent: Keane, Helen

content: Kaminsky, Max, 1908-

indexedContent: Kaminsky, Max, 1908-

content: Jordan, Sheila, 1928-

indexedContent: Jordan, Sheila, 1928-

content: Humes, Helen, 1913-1981

content: Hampton, Lionel

content: Harris, Eddie, 1934-

content: Heath, Jimmy, 1926-

content: Frishberg, Dave

content: Ennis, Ethel

content: Farmer, Art, 1928-

content: Flanagan, Tommy, 1930-

content: Hampton, Slide

content: D'Rivera, Paquito, 1948-

content: Daniels, Billy

content: Davison, Bill

content: Donegan, Dorothy, 1922-

content: Crouch, Stanley, 1945-2020

content: Conyers, John, 1929-

content: Cruz, Celia, 1924-2003

content: Byard, Jaki

content: Brown, Ruth

content: Carter, Betty, 1930-

content: Byron, Don

content: Betts, Keter, 1928-

content: Bellson, Louis

content: Bowie, Lester, 1941-

content: Blakey, Art, 1919-1990

content: Allen, Steve, 1921-2000

content: Adderly, Nat, 1931-2000

content: Bailey, Benny, 1925-

content: W. Royal Stokes Collection of Music Photoprints and Interviews / Series 8: Audiovisual Materials / 8.1: Audiocassettes of Interviews

content: Box 31, Item OTC766.225

indexedContent: Archives Center, National Museum of American History

content: Archival materials

content: Audio

content: Collection is open for research.

title: Swailes, Ed